Sir Robert Naylor, chief executive of a leading hospital foundation trust, is being is talked of as a potential head of the NHS. But he stresses that the health service should not expect immunity from cost cuts and reform

Peter Rubin, chair of the General Medical Council, tells Denis Campbellwhy he is determined to broaden the social intake of the profession – and make all doctors face a rigorous annual test to prove they are fit to practice

Politicised by her years as an NHS nurse, the Tory shadow junior health minister says her passion for mental health is shared by her party. She tells Mary O'Hara 'there won't be any raids' on the service when money is tight

The young, relative unknown Scott Watkin, who has gone from supermarket shelf-stacker to learning disabilities co-tsar, tells David Brindle that his advisory role on developing strong advocacy is anything but tokenistic